# May have found the reason the spam flag count is not auto-killing spam:

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/may-have-found-the-reason-the-spam-flag-count-is-not-auto-killing-spam/90763>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 30, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/may-have-found-the-reason-the-spam-flag-count-is-not-auto-killing-spam/90763 "2015-07-30T23:22:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/may-have-found-the-reason-the-spam-flag-count-is-not-auto-killing-spam/90763/1 "2015-07-30T23:22:32Z")

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This one’s for you, @cdaquila

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/e32390c4d3d7676cf770911692d7a903580ff902.png)

This post was flagged by 6 people including myself as spam, but the spam flag counter has only advanced to 2.

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**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/may-have-found-the-reason-the-spam-flag-count-is-not-auto-killing-spam/90763/2 "2015-07-30T23:39:15Z")

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Rest assured that even though Vanilla measures your votes at only 1/3 strength, I think each and every one of you is worth a full spam flag!

Thank you for your observation. I was wondering myself.

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**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/may-have-found-the-reason-the-spam-flag-count-is-not-auto-killing-spam/90763/3 "2015-07-31T02:09:51Z")

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I noticed than when I am the 5th person marking it as spam, it disappears. Kinda cool and makes me feel quite powerful!

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/may-have-found-the-reason-the-spam-flag-count-is-not-auto-killing-spam/90763/4 "2015-07-31T02:11:55Z")

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Galant-you are correct. Being flagger #5 is fun.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/may-have-found-the-reason-the-spam-flag-count-is-not-auto-killing-spam/90763/5 "2015-07-31T02:22:08Z")

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^  
Yup!